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(No Model.)

A. KLGNNE."

. GAS.,WASH ER.I 'N 380,040

Patented Mar. 27

N. PETERS. Phnlohlhogmphel: wminglun, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE. 1

AUGUST menus, or DORTMUND, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

.GAS-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION iorming 'part of Letters Patent No. 380 Q40, dated March 27, I 88 8.

Application filed April 25, 1885. Serial No. 163,406. (No model.) Patented in Germany May 27, 1884, No. 31.058; in England April 10. 1885, No. 4,464; in Belgium April 14, 1885, No. 68,510 in France April 14, 1885, No. 168,249, and in AustriaHungary July 10, 1885, No. 13,385 and No. 35,258.

This invention relates to an apparatus for washing and purifying gas; and it consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the apparatus, and Fig.2 a horizontal section of the same.

The letters a a represent a number of finelyperforated plates placed in the water-spaces B, and having at their periphery the angleirons c.

' Below each plate a there is placed a bottom plate,b, which slopes or inclines downwardly from the center, and is provided with a cantral tubular mouth or opening, G. Above each tube G there is a cap, H, placed on the perforated plate a and covering the tube G.

t is a vertical rod extending centrally through the tubes G, and secured to each of the caps H by means of suitable cross-bars, It, more clearly shown in Fig. 2. At,the lower end the rod 1. is screw-threaded and surrounded by a nut, 8. By loosening or tightening up the nut s the caps H may be raised or lowered, and thus the plates a, upon which such caps rest, may be curved to any desired extent at the center. In this way I am enabled to get the same area between the plates at and the water near the point where said plates or are connected with the caps H as between the water and said plates near the angle-iron 0. Thus the gas will be under the same pressure below the whole area of the plates a, and will therefore pass through all the holes at the same time and in the same quantities. It will thus come in contact with the same amount of water driven around the angle-irons c, and rinsing the who] area of the perforated plates a.

'w w are bolts or screws connecting the plates 11 12 near their circumference, as shown. When these bolts are drawn up or released, the perforated plates a will be raised or lowered at and is finally discharged through pipe m. Its courseis from the inlet and upper tier to a tus, is conducted alternately from shelf to shelf,

chamber, p, pipe 0', and chamber f into the second tier, thence by similar chambers and pipe to the next tier, and so on until the discharge is reached.

The tube 0 projects some distance upward through the bottom of the upper chamber, 9', and is screwed both into the bottoms of the upper and lower chambers. By revolving the tube it may be drawn more or less into the upper chamber, and in this way the height of the water may be readily adjusted.

The regulating devices 19 0 f are applied at the outside of the apparatus, as shown, and thus the water may be adjusted while the apparatus is in working order. In order to permit the height of water to be readily observed, the chamber 1; may be provided with a glass window, 1).

The operation of the device is as follows:

The gas enters at E, and passes through low- 'tier to tier until it is finally discharged properly purified from the exit-pipe m. I

. The advantage of raising the bottom b at the center is, first, that the heavier condensing productssuch as heavy tar, &c.-will be 5 collected toward the circumference of the plates at b, and, secondly, to permit a smoother with projections c at its periphery, and with elevated plate b, beneath plate a, and having upwardlyextending tubular mouth G, and with cap H, placed on plate a, above tube G, 5 and with the central vertical rod, 1, extending through tube G and secured to cap H, and provided with regulating-nuts s, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of perforated plate a, 10 having projections c at its periphery, with the adjustable cap H, placed on plate a, and with plate b, beneath plate a, and having upwardlyextending tubular mouth G, and with the adj usting bolts 10, connecting plates a b, and I5 adapted to raise and lower plate a at its circumference, substantially as specified.

scribing witnesses.

AUGUST KLON NE. WVitnesses:

L. R001, J r., A. NELLEGER. 

